Features
Big Dreams for a Big Land
Industrialist, outdoorsman, and man of action — King Cummings shows the way to a bold new future for Maine’s mountains. By Michael Brosnan.
Maine’s Western Mountains: A Land Apart
Photographic essay by Douglas Merriam and Joe Devenney.
Pemaquid Point
Beacon of hope, major tourist attraction, it has now become a mecca for art photographers.
Slumbering in Style
Pride of the Old York Historical Society is a rare set of embroidered bedhangings. By Ellen MacDonald Ward.
The World According to Foster
Men were men and women drove racy boats in artist William Foster’s romantic version of pre-World War II America. By William David Barry and Bruce Kennett.
The Little War that Wasn’t
A hundred and fifty years ago Maine nearly went to war with Great Britain over the shape of things to come on its Aroostook border. By Tom Hill.
Maine Vacations 1989
A 64-page supplement highlighting the many possibilities for a vacation in Maine this summer.
Departments
Room With A View
If the garage sale isn’t Maine’s number-one growth industry, then the antiques business must be. By Caskie Stinnett.
The Talk of Alna
Of Poetry and Plumbing Permits
The Maine Viewpoint
Happy Hunting Grounds
Along the Waterfront
Power Switch
Outdoor Maine
Hunting for Antlers
Down East Bookshelf
Nautical Books
North by East
Opinions, advisories, and musings from the length and breadth of Maine.
I Remember
The Little House Near Longfellow Square
Cover: Tim Diehl and his team of eight Samoyed sled dogs on Flagstaff Lake near Stratton. Photograph by Douglas Merriam.